We can’t keep relying on the ADF to respond to natural disasters – how to rebuild our emergency volunteer workforce [SES etc] (theconversation.com)

submitted 3 days ago by MHLoppy@fedia.io to c/australia@aussie.zone

13 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Recruitment incentives are needed to boost the number of emergency services volunteers to respond to natural disasters and take the pressure off the ADF.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[-] notgold@aussie.zone 4 points 2 days ago

I disagree with the small scale politics. On small levels people tend to be leaner with their spending as they actually see it. On higher levels they look at the number of thousands or millions being spent rather than individual dollars. Though this probably changes depending on industry and region.

I'm on the fence regarding the ADF being used in times of need. On one hand if the ADF are tied up sorting out a natural disaster then they can't perform their core function of protecting Australia's borders, on the other hand we aren't at war so why shouldn't they help. If they were scaled up or to add a federal 'ses' (fes?) then I'd be onboard

this post was submitted on 13 Mar 2025

15 points (82.6% liked)

Australia

3989 readers

87 users here now

A place to discuss Australia and important Australian issues.

Before you post:

If you're posting anything related to:

The Environment, post it to Aussie Environment
Politics, post it to Australian Politics
World News/Events, post it to World News
A question to Australians (from outside) post it to Ask an Australian

If you're posting Australian News (not opinion or discussion pieces) post it to Australian News

Rules

This community is run under the rules of aussie.zone. In addition to those rules:

When posting news articles use the source headline and place your commentary in a separate comment

Banner Photo

Congratulations to @Tau@aussie.zone who had the most upvoted submission to our banner photo competition

Recommended and Related Communities

Be sure to check out and subscribe to our related communities on aussie.zone:

Plus other communities for sport and major cities.

https://aussie.zone/communities

Moderation

Since Kbin doesn't show Lemmy Moderators, I'll list them here. Also note that Kbin does not distinguish moderator comments.

Additionally, we have our instance admins: @lodion@aussie.zone and @Nath@aussie.zone

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

lodion@aussie.zone

Fluid@aussie.zone

bestusername@aussie.zone

eatham@aussie.zone